Thomas, Owen Lewis Biography 1971

THOMAS, Owen Lewis
Professor of zoology, University of Natal, South Africa
Born: Napier 10-1-1916, son of C. L. Thomas; married 1954 June, daughter of W. J. McStay; two sons, one daughter
Education: Timaru, Napier Boys’ High School, Otago University, Oriel College, Oxford; MD (Doctor of Medicine) (distinction), DPhil (Doctor of Philosophy) (Oxon), FRMS (Fellow Royal Microsophical Society)
junior lecturer anatomy department, Otago University 1945; Beit memorial medical research fellow department of comparative anatomy, Oxford University 1946-48; demonstrator histology, Oxford University 1948; senior lecturer physiology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, London 1952; member scientific and technical division Br Control Comn for Germany 1946; professor of biology, University of Malta, Valletta 1960,  professor of biology, University of Alabama USA 1965;  professor of zoology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzberg, South Africa 1968
Published: numerous scientific papers
Private address: 49 Golf Road, Pietermaritzberg